Monday, January 14, 2019

If you’re
unfamiliar with the #PatreonPurge, plenty of other content creators
are covering the circumstances that led to commentators and
cartoonists being banned from the platform.

But Dreamkeepers
isn’t banned- they love us over there, so why are we launching a
Patreon alternative? Because readers were asking for one. A good
number of people wanted to support us, but through a different
outlet- and my answer was yes!

So we joined
Makersupport.

It was shut down by
the cartel of payment processors.

So we joined
Subscribestar.

It was shut down by
the cartel of payment processors.

Hatreon, Freestartr,
Gab, everyone who tried to build their own platform to date has been
shut down by the ruling cartel of Silicon Valley companies and their
payment processors.

The damn cash
register is deciding what you are and are not allowed to buy!

But the internet
doesn’t like hearing ‘no,’ and now EVERYBODY is talking about
building alternative platforms. But nobody’s delivered yet, so
Vivid Publishing has stepped up.

In the Dark Market,
you can find creative content you love, support it, and get rewards.
The Silicon Cartel can’t stop you, because we accept Bitcoin, and
we use a newly founded, independent credit card processing service-
Zero Strings.

If you’re new to
Bitcoin, there are links in Dark Market to introduce you to the
basics. Getting started is about as hard as setting up a Paypal
Account, except Paypal can freeze your funds, and Bitcoin you can
spend and accept with total freedom. I don’t know anything about
investing, all I know is Bitcoin is an unstoppable way to conduct
transactions. People are calling it “free speech money.”

Any Dreamkeepers
customers who use Dark Market here in January, I’m going to raffle
off a free single-character lineart commission. Payment options,
instructions, and rewards are listed right there on the page.

Launching with us in
the Dark Market is Boneitis, Corvus Publishing, DireWolf Media,
Darkspeeds, and possibly more creators coming soon- so check in with
them, they might have some launch specials planned as well.

Now, we will
continue posting on Patreon. I might not like everything they do,
but then again, I don’t like everything the government does, and I
still use roads. But all Dreamkeepers Patreon content from here on
out will be available through Dark Market- including some things that
may be too spicy for Patreon’s TOS.

Monday, December 31, 2018

The war to control crowdfunding is upon us. Thought you could choose your entertainment, and simply support who you like? Well strap in.

But let’s recap before looking ahead.

Skirmish delivered. Our deluxe boxed tabletop game, complete with foil stamping and black-core linen-textured cards, along with the first expansion deck. “Ruthless”. The guys at EPF games outdid themselves, and Dreamkeepers has successfully claimed another medium with flying colors.

Simultaneously, the Dreamkeepers spinoff novel “Wayward Astronomer” won multiple Ursa Major Awards, as did the Dreamkeepers comic series itself.

And congratulating fellow winner Dogpatch Press, we discovered the most curious thing. A secret blacklist! (Not the only secret in the furry community, as it would later turn out.) They weren’t permitted to even retweet our congratulations. So I wrote a nice article for them about how to prevent Nazis, and our Patreon boomed.

Backer support has unleashed more art than ever before. It’s backlogged, I have too much to post! Vivid has hired a social media manager to help us keep up.

Aside from a cascade of art from crowdfunding, Vivid published & delivered Mike Rosen’s Firebrat book just in time for Christmas, and the Dreamkeepers Volume 5 soundtrack was successfully crowdfunded by composer Nikolas Albrecht on Kickstarter.

The Dreamkeepers theme, as recorded by a live orchestra in Budapest, will make your hair stand on end when you hear it.

We also licensed Furrysculptures.com to create 3-D printed Dreamkeepers figurines, and launched a unique Dreamkeepers roleplay system in Discord.

And that’s about when Patreon decided to start violating their own terms of service to ban creators for wrongthink.

If you’re out of the loop, check out Timcast or any of the legion of youtubers covering the debacle.

Creators flocked to an alternative platform, Subscribestar- which was immediately crushed by Paypal and Stripe, the same way they killed other Patreon competitors like Makersupport. Some concerned citizens, like YoutuberLaw, are filing FTC complaints. But everyone is talking about new alternatives.

Like cryptocurrency.

Starting in 2019, Vivid Publishing will unlock the door to crypto.

In fact, you can try it right now.

Advanced players in our new cyberpunk dystopia, send BTC to:

1KvbJhj5JNDzhT4DEm1yQ6JqGcFkjmGMrf

A comprehensive announcement with more currency options, and rewards for crypto donations, is coming next month.

So, 2019 ought to be interesting!

New platforms, new opportunities, and more content than ever for you to enjoy.

Vivid will navigate the changing marketplace to give you the best possible options, while I work my tail off to create the best possible content.

2017-2018 saw the successful expansion of Dreamkeepers, but 2019 I’ll be focusing exclusively on Volume 5. I can’t wait to show you what we have in store.

Meanwhile, look forward to the next Vivid book release, “False Start” by the unstoppable madman Boneitis.

Thank you to the readers for making all this possible- through ups and downs, corporate censorship and community drama nonsense, it’s your willpower and commitment to your own taste that keeps things vivid.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Reaching for your power? You'll be opposed by Anduruna's finest. Think before you commit a POWERS ABUSE! Sketch of the Month that was posted on Patreon awhile back. More about #Dreamkeepers here: http://dreamkeeperscomic.com/Intro.htm

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Deluxe edition boxed Skirmish games have sold out on Paypal. But if
you were gunning for a game this Christmas, e-mail me, we can work
something out. (Dreamkeeperscomic (at) gmail.com)

Paypal had 30 games,
which are gone- but I’m releasing an additional batch for Midwest
Furfest this weekend. If we have leftovers afterwards, I can get
those shipped out expedited to your home in time for Christmas.

E-mail me if you
want to be on the short-list for these last holiday season games, and
I’ll get in touch with you as soon as we’re home from the
convention.